Last Name DARBY

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Meaning Local: Of Derby, the capital of the county of that name. The 'race for the Darby' is now almost universal, but in some places, like in Lancashire, it is as often as not the 'Derby.'
Local: A corruption of Derby, a shire of England, so called from 'doire,' a forest, a woody, hilly country abounding in deer; or it may be Deerby, the town of deer.
Origin English, Irish, Zimbabwean

Rank 1,850 (2000 US census) 1,730 (1990 US census)
Count 17,854 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 66.11%, or 11803 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 30.3%, or 5410 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.36%, or 64 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.48%, or 86 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.4%, or 250 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.36%, or 243 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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